First post-2.2 fixes coming
We had a pretty good Connect 2.2 deployment, although it took a little longer than we expected. We've identified what caused that and it shouldn't occur again. We've got our Release Manager working on a mechanism for zero-downtime deployments of Connect as well.
Some issues were identified pretty quickly, in particular with the Vista/Longhorn beta. Because the Vista beta receives bugs via the MBC, users are not allowed to submit feedback directly via Connect. This resulted in the Feedback overview page showing the text "Sign in to view..." for your watchlist and "Posted By Me" bugs even when signed in. We've got a fix for this in testing, along with some late-breaking localization issues and a couple of UI tweaks (mostly for localization support).
The current plan for the update is early this week. I posted in the Vista newsgroups on the Microsoft beta newsgroups with links that will allow you to access your posted items, watchlist, and newest bugs with one click:
Please note that the following URLs are specific to the Vista beta. If you're not a member of the Vista beta, these links will not work for you. These links will require you to sign in.
(you can use the same pattern on other sites, though).
To access all of your bugs:
https://connect.microsoft.com/Windows/feedback/searchresults.aspx?FeedbackOverviewType=1
To access all bugs on your watch list:
https://connect.microsoft.com/Windows/feedback/searchresults.aspx?FeedbackOverviewType=3
For the top-rated bugs:
https://connect.microsoft.com/Windows/feedback/searchresults.aspx?FeedbackOverviewType=4
For the top-rated suggestions:
https://connect.microsoft.com/Windows/feedback/searchresults.aspx?FeedbackOverviewType=5
For all bugs posted by your organization (only applicable if you're a member
of an organization):
https://connect.microsoft.com/Windows/feedback/searchresults.aspx?FeedbackOverviewType=2
For the newest bugs:
https://connect.microsoft.com/Windows/feedback/searchresults.aspx?FeedbackOverviewType=6
